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Client-Centric Marketing: What Clients Want. From the excellent SmartPros newsletter: Client-Centric Marketing: What Clients Want makes a compelling case for August Aquila and Bruce Marcus's Client at the Core: Marketing and Managing Today's Professional Services Firm. Here are some excerpts from the review's excerpts from the book: Because clients are more sophisticated in the ways… Continue reading Client-Centric Marketing: What Clients Want

Today's five-star site: LLRX. Since its creation in 1996, LLRX, an innovative Webzine for legal professionals, has remained on the cutting edge, spotting new trends, zeroing in on key developments, and often being first to report important news. Completely free, it is updated monthly [Robert Ambrogi's LawSites]

Good to great @ Macromedia. For $1,300 you can get a one year subscription to Macromedia Devnet, which includes most of the company's web authoring tools, including Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks. Unfortunately, Devnet does not include Robohelp and Robodemo. I don't understand why… including these products would increase the value, and expose more developers to… Continue reading Good to great @ Macromedia

Fired for Blogging. No, not me. (But would it surprise you?) It seems that Friendster, who had no policy at all on employee blogging, has fired Joyce Park. You may remember her from such debates as Java vs. PHP. Or maybe her book. Or maybe mod_pubsub (blog). Take a minute. Go read her blog. See… Continue reading Fired for Blogging

Aruba Introduces Ethernet Jack APs. Aruba Networks introduced a new line of products including an access point that can be mounted on the wall and plugged into any Ethernet port: The idea is to cut deployment costs but also encourage a denser deployment of APs. “We went into large accounts and they said they wanted… Continue reading Aruba Introduces Ethernet Jack APs

The knowledge profile (KP). A knowledge profile records skills, tools, practices and social networks, it highlights competencies, identifies gaps, helps with learning programs to address deficits, realize opportunities and heighten awareness for the owner and colleagues. KPs may focus on the individual where they form a key part of your personal knowledge management (PKM) system… Continue reading The knowledge profile (KP)

Cable Modem 3.0. Communications, Engineering and Design Magazine has an overview of a newer, faster, cable modem standards from CableLabs. “DOCSIS 1.0 is the Trojan Horse, and DOCSIS 1.1 is the Greek soldiers inside,” says Ryan Jones, media and entertainment analyst for the Yankee Group. “With 1.1 you can provision different levels of service, and… Continue reading Cable Modem 3.0

Comcast to market new video recorder. Starting tomorrow, Comcast Corp. will begin marketing an enhanced cable box to New Englanders that will accelerate a revolution that is changing television-watching habits, and the television industry itself. The Motorola box, which includes a TiVo -style digital video recorder, will allow millions of subscribers to watch shows on… Continue reading Comcast to market new video recorder

Jumping through hoops. A while back I posted about how product designs are getting too difficult, and how the greater the number of steps it takes for someone to set up a product, or to use a service, the less successful they will… [peterme.com]

Longhorn readies for the Corral. This afternoon, Microsoft laid out its next-generation-Windows Longhorn roadmap, making a delivery commitment and changing how some new technologies will be delivered. Microsoft’s new approach to Longhorn is more staid than all the big bang new version excitement generated last year. I see the more subdued approach as more realistic… Continue reading Longhorn readies for the Corral